A new species of Hepatozoon (Apicomplexa: Adeleorina) from Python regius (Serpentes: Pythonidae) and its experimental transmission by a mosquito vector
Language English Country United States Media print
Document type Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PubMed
18163356
DOI
10.1645/ge-1200r.1
Knihovny.cz E-resources
- MeSH
- Boidae parasitology MeSH
- Coccidia classification growth & development pathogenicity MeSH
- Culex parasitology MeSH
- Species Specificity MeSH
- Erythrocytes parasitology MeSH
- Phylogeny MeSH
- Insect Vectors parasitology MeSH
- Coccidiosis parasitology transmission veterinary MeSH
- Molecular Sequence Data MeSH
- Polymerase Chain Reaction MeSH
- DNA, Protozoan analysis isolation & purification MeSH
- Sequence Analysis, DNA MeSH
- Life Cycle Stages MeSH
- Animals MeSH
- Check Tag
- Animals MeSH
- Publication type
- Journal Article MeSH
- Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't MeSH
- Names of Substances
- DNA, Protozoan MeSH
Hepatozoon ayorgbor n. sp. is described from specimens of Python regius imported from Ghana. Gametocytes were found in the peripheral blood of 43 of 55 snakes examined. Localization of gametocytes was mainly inside the erythrocytes; free gametocytes were found in 15 (34.9%) positive specimens. Infections of laboratory-reared Culex quinquefasciatus feeding on infected snakes, as well as experimental infection of juvenile Python regius by ingestion of infected mosquitoes, were performed to complete the life cycle. Similarly, transmission to different snake species (Boa constrictor and Lamprophis fuliginosus) and lizards (Lepidodactylus lugubris) was performed to assess the host specificity. Isolates were compared with Hepatozoon species from sub-Saharan reptiles and described as a new species based on the morphology, phylogenetic analysis, and a complete life cycle.
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